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Private Property and Customer Safety: Starbucks Learns a Hard Lesson

September 24, 2022 – Tate Fegley …… The news that Starbucks is closing sixteen stores due to customer safety concerns exposes the lack of police protection in cities and the problems with allowing noncustomers to remain in stores. Continue reading →

Rethinking Climate Change: Are the Apocalyptic Models Wrong?

September 23, 2022 – Lipton Matthews …… We are regularly being told that we are in a “climate crisis.” But what if that isn’t true? What if CO2 is actually good for the greening of the planet? Continue reading →

Leonard Read Really Did Know Beans about Labor

September 22, 2022 – Gary Galles …… Despite the decree from the federal government that labor is not a “commodity” or an “article of commerce,” Leonard Read knew better. Continue reading →

Price Controls Have Failed for 4,000 Years—and Humans Still Haven’t Learned

September 21, 2022 – Jon Miltimore …… The people of ancient Eshnunna can be forgiven for not understanding why price controls are harmful. Today’s policymakers, who have the benefit of history and economics, have no excuse. Continue reading →

Declassify Everything!

September 19, 2022 – Jason Morgan …… Instead of worrying about which documents Donald Trump may or may not have had in his Florida home, the real issue is the proliferation of state secrets that should not be secrets at all. Continue reading →

Molinari Explains the Difference between Monarchy and Popular Government

September 18, 2022 – Ryan McMaken …… The rise of democracy blurred the lines between the regime and the people it exploits. This was less of a problem under monarchs, whose interests were clearly separate from the public’s. Continue reading →

Politicians Agree on Far More than It Seems

September 16, 2022 – Patrick Carroll …… Politicians might look like they disagree on just about everything, but even those considered polar opposites have a lot in common. Continue reading →

Pandemic “Learning Loss” Actually Reveals More About Schooling Than Learning

September 15, 2022 – Kerry McDonald …… The alleged “learning loss” now being exposed is more reflective of the nature of forced schooling rather than how children actually learn. Continue reading →

How the James-Younger Gang’s Historic Defeat Showed the Importance of a Well-Armed and Responsible Citizenry

September 13, 2022 – Lawrence W. Reed …… The outlaws met their match on September 7 in 1876. They fell not to federal marshals but to the townspeople of Northfield, Minnesota. Continue reading →

CNN Medical Analyst Says Masking Stunted Her Toddler’s Language Development—and Taught Her an Important Lesson about Tradeoffs

September 12, 2022 – Jon Miltimore …… A year ago, Dr. Leana Wen was arguing unvaccinated people shouldn’t be allowed to leave their homes. But now she says she’s abandoned her “extremely cautious” Covid views. Continue reading →